Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 12:58:38 04/23/02
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On April 23, 2002 at 08:35:48, Russell Reagan wrote: >Well, when I said I wanted to explain how the computer works I was thinking >about saying things like, "the computer runs a list of simple instructions" and >"the compiler takes your program and turns it into a program that your computer >understands and can run." Nothing too technical :) I've never heard of a class that starts out like this. I think getting a Hello World program to work is much more interesting and involving than listening to a lecture on theory. People will eventually wonder what's in the EXE files they're creating and then they can learn. I don't have the K&R book handy, but I think they have some good simple programs towards the beginning, e.g., after Hello World is a Fahrenheit to Celsius converter, IIRC. >of my main interests, although she did seem very excited about the idea of >learning how to make webpages as someone else suggested in this thread. Not to dis the idea, and making web pages is a fine skill to have, but nobody will get insights into real programming by learning about bold tags... -Tom
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